2011 Walton Family Foundation Grants

During 2011, The Walton Family Foundation invested approximately $500 million in domestic and international projects that addressed significant social and environmental issues, and sought to create exciting new opportunities.

K-12 Education Reform Grants in 2011

The foundation invested more than $159 million in education reform initiatives in 2011, marking the largest single-year investment in education reform initiatives. Grants were made to organizations and programs that empower parents, particularly in low-income communities, to choose among quality, publicly funded schools for their children.

University of Washington Foundation -
Center on Reinventing Public Education

54,590

University of Wisconsin - Madison

435,000

Research and Evaluation Total

$1,425,339

K-12 Education Reform and Other Education Grants Total

$159,049,864

Freshwater and Marine Conservation Grants in 2011

The foundation invested more than $71 million in environmental conservation initiatives in 2011, demonstrating its commitment to ‘conservationomics’ – the idea that conservation efforts can and should bring economic prosperity to local communities.

Freshwater Conservation

Amount

Agricultural Watershed Institute

$139,000

Alliance for Water Efficiency

128,242

American Farmland Trust

186,850

American Rivers, Inc.

425,000

American Whitewater

52,000

Arizona Community Foundation

500,000

Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc.

150,000

Arizona Rivers

20,000

Arizona State Parks Foundation

350,000

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

115,000

Bayou Bartholomew Alliance

108,415

Biodiversity Project

115,005

Black Bear Conservation Committee

200,000

Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University

60,000

Boulder Community Foundation

55,400

Business for the Environment Global Futures Foundation dba The Future 500

60,000

Carpe Diem West

75,000

Center for Rural Affairs

150,000

Ceres, Inc.

75,000

City of Mesquite, NV

135,000

Cochise County

500,000

Coconino County Sustainable Economic Development Initiative

51,857

Colorado Environmental Coalition

24,795

Colorado Mesa University Foundation

58,958

Colorado State University Foundation

100,533

Colorado Water Trust

664,542

Colorado Watershed Assembly

50,000

Conservation Lands Foundation

275,000

Cooperative Development Services

30,000

Dairy Research Institute

74,920

Denver Foundation

400,000

Ducks Unlimited

465,698

Environmental Defense Fund

4,148,555

Environmental Law & Policy Center

60,000

Environmental Working Group

150,000

Friends of the San Pedro River

36,260

Grand Canyon Trust

167,580

Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners Inc

52,981

Great Basin Institute

29,420

High Country Citizens Alliance

38,714

High Country News

65,000

Izaak Walton League of America

125,000

Land Stewardship Project

300,000

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

40,000

Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee

60,000

Meridian Institute

500,000

Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Foundation

260,000

Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee

37,500

Mississippi River Trust

100,000

Mississippi's Lower Delta Partnership

30,000

National Association of Conservation Districts

50,000

National Audubon Society

2,739,859

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

505,000

National Geographic Society

275,000

National Parks Conservation Association

60,000

National Wildlife Federation

2,705,000

National Wildlife Refuge Association

133,333

Nature Conservancy, Inc.

1,887,707

Northeast Midwest Institute

80,000

Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Security

132,000

Practical Farmers of Iowa

120,000

Prairie Rivers Network

20,000

Pronatura Noroeste AC

430,000

Regents of the University of California

63,639

Regents of the University of Minnesota

100,000

Sand County Foundation

420,000

Southern Nevada Water Authority

24,648

Southwest Conservation Corps

320,778

St. Bernard Parish Government

50,000

Tamarisk Coalition

822,198

Taxpayers for Common Sense

75,000

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Inc.

177,750

Town of Clarkdale Arizona

300,651

Trout Unlimited

125,206

University of Arizona Foundation

237,948

University of California at Santa Barbara

175,000

University of Colorado Foundation

48,584

US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners For Wildlife Program CO and Utah

100,000

Utah State University

75,119

Verde River Basin Partnership

75,000

Verde Valley Land Preservation Institute

53,440

Washington County Water Conservancy District/Virgin River Program

79,276

Watershed Management Group

26,692

Western Conservation Foundation

1,300,000

Western Governors' Association

64,837

Western Resource Advocates

475,000

Winrock International Institute

397,943

World Resources Institute

75,039

Yavapai College Foundation

43,417

Freshwater Conservation Total

$26,842,289

Marine Conservation

Amount

American Bird Conservancy

$101,576

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association Inc.

75,000

Center for American Progress

50,000

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, A.C.(CEMDA)

92,500

ClientEarth

87,500

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

75,000

Coastal Quest

26,025

Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C.

599,192

Conselva A.C.

20,000

Conservation International Foundation

4,986,457

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

95,598

Ecology Project International

479,725

Ecotrust

50,000

Environmental Defense Fund

9,035,154

Environmental Law Institute

124,972

FishChoice Inc

90,000

Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion

75,000

Fondo para la Accion Ambiental y la Ninez

25,000

Friends of Cocos Island Foundation

28,500

Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias, A.C.

220,000

Gulf Restoration Network

42,000

ICF - International Community Foundation

38,000

Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans

52,506

International Seafood Sustainability Foundation Inc.

255,000

ISEAL Alliance

118,250

John G. Shedd Aquarium Society

113,100

Marine Fish Conservation Network

62,500

Marine Stewardship Council

3,122,500

Minnesota Zoo Foundation

84,289

Mobile Baykeeper Inc

50,000

Nature Conservancy, Inc.

1,136,832

New England Aquarium

45,576

Noroeste Sustentable

776,047

Nova Southeastern University, Inc.

100,000

Ocean Conservancy

1,665,146

Oxfam America Inc.

350,000

Political Economy Research Center, Inc.

60,000

Pronatura Noroeste AC

60,000

RARE

211,000

Regents of the University of California

267,885

RESOLVE Inc

125,000

Resources for the Future, Inc.

100,000

Resources Legacy Fund

150,000

Seaweb

569,450

Seedco Financial Services Inc.

250,000

Social & Enviornmantal Entrereneurs SEE Inc.

60,000

Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparaja A.C.

198,231

SuMar, Voces por la Naturaleza, A.C.

40,000

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

1,934,651

Sustainable Fishery Advocates

125,000

Texas A and M University - Corpus Christi

100,000

Tides Center

33,405

Trust for Conservation Innovation

147,000

UNESCO World Heritage Marine Programme

23,925

University of Washington

49,560

WESPO Inc. California Environmental Associates

95,625

Wild Salmon Center

450,000

WildAid Inc.

149,719

World Wildlife Fund

992,286

Marine Conservation Grants Total

$30,541,682

Other Environment-Related Grants

Amount

African Parks Foundation of America

$500,000

Aspen Center for Environmental Studies

34,000

ClientEarth

75,000

Conservation International Foundation

11,221,821

Desert Botanical Garden

10,000

Ecology Project International

60,000

Environment Colorado Research and Policy Center, Inc.

10,000

Environmental Defense Fund

500,000

Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, Inc.

25,000

Global Explorers

100,000

Grand Canyon River Guides

10,000

Herring Gut Learning Center

10,000

ICF - International Community Foundation

50,000

Liberty Wildlife Rehabilitation Foundation Inc.

10,000

National Geographic Society

25,000

Nature Conservancy - Arizona

25,000

Nature Conservancy of Texas, Inc.

25,000

Nature Conservancy, Inc. - Arkansas

761,086

Noroeste Sustentable

150,000

Public Counsel of the Rockies

25,000

Regents of the University of California

15,000

Resources Legacy Fund

100,000

Skytruth

50,000

Trust for Conservation Innovation

25,000

University of Miami

40,000

Urban Ecology Center

166,000

Other Environment-Related Grants Total

$14,022,907

Environment Total for 2011

$71,406,878

Home Region Grants in 2011

The foundation invested more than $21 million in home region initiatives in 2011 to measurable improve the quality of life in Northwest Arkansas, throughout the state of Arkansas, and in the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta region.